Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

Royal Mint
President of the Royal Society
Discovered the inverse square law of gravity
Co-discover (with Leibniz) of the differential calculus
Newton's Laws of Motion
Newton's Method of numerical solutions to equations

Leads to some aspects of fractals

consider basins of attractions solving a cubic equation in the complex numbers

One of the Famous People on this site.

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